Jimmy Edwards

Acting

March 23, 1920 – July 7, 1988 (died at 68)

Barnes, London, England, UK

Male

19 Movies

27 TV Shows

From Wikipedia James Keith O'Neill "Jimmy" Edwards, DFC (23 March 1920 – 7 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in Take It From Here and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in Whack-O! Edwards was born in Barnes, London, (then Surrey), the son of a professor of mathematics. He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School, at King's College School in Wimbledon and at St John's College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. In December 1958, Jimmy Edwards played the King in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the London Coliseum with Kenneth Williams, Tommy Steele, Yana and Betty Marsden Bobby Howell was the Musical Director. In April 1966, he played at the last night of Melbourne's Tivoli Theatre. Edwards frequently worked with Eric Sykes, acting in short films that Sykes wrote: The Plank (1967), which also starred Tommy Cooper; alongside Arthur Lowe and Ronnie Barker in the remake of The Plank in 1979; and in Rhubarb (1969), which again featured Sykes. The films were not silent but had no dialogue other than grunts. He also appeared in the The Bed Sitting Room (1969) as Nigel, a man who lives in a left luggage compartment after being mistaken for a suitcase.

The Plank

1967 6.2

as Policeman

Age 47 (now 68)

Bottoms Up!

1960 6.6

as Professor Jim Edwards

Age 40 (now 68)

Three Men in a Boat

1956 6.3

as Harris

Age 36 (now 68)

Treasure Hunt

1952 5.7

as Sir Roderick Ryall/Hercules Ryall

Age 32 (now 68)

Rhubarb Rhubarb

1980 8.0

Age 60 (now 68)

Innocents in Paris

1953 5.2

as Captain George Stilton

Age 33 (now 68)

The Bed Sitting Room

1969 5.9

as Nigel

Age 49 (now 68)